Rutherglen Road Gorbals

66 Rutherglen Road corner of 62 Hospital Street, Gorbals, Glasgow. . The Turf Bar, circa 1960s. This old Gorbals pub was around in 1875, one of the first licensee was spirit merchant called James Smith. The tenement building was owned by the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company. In 1893 James Ruthven Douglas was […]

124 Crown Street corner of 105 Rutherglen Road, Gorbals, Glasgow. The Wheatsheaf Bar, corner of Crown Street and Rutherglen Road. 1960s. There has been licensed premises on this site since the 1840s. One of the first licensee’s was wine and spirit merchant Robert Frame, he traded here until 1859. In 1860 well known and respected […]

914 Rutherglen Road,Glasgow. G5 0AW. Demolished. Chancers. 1991. Chancers. 1991. This old South Side public house was called “The Little Mill Inn.” then changed to “The Wee Mill.” and Chancers. The Wee Mill. c 1980s. During the 1930s this public house a great place for a refreshment for the folk after a walk around Richmond […]

262 Rutherglen Road, Gorbals, Glasgow. G5 0RX. Demolished. The Cecil sat at the corner of Rutherglen Road and Commercial Road. The licensees’ name above the door was J R Baxter. This old pub was established in the early part of the 1880s, landlord David Baxter traded from these premises, he also had pubs on Pollokshaws […]

572 Rutherglen Road, Gorbals, Glasgow. The Braehead Bar was situated at the corner of Rutherglen Road and Braehead Street. Hutchesontown Bowling Club was facing the pub with the Coronation Bar across the Road. In 1896 Robert Young owned this popular Gorbals hostelry, the Young family continued serving the locals here for over 50 years. Oatlands […]

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This Month In History

Ye Olde Inn had an established date of 1650. Before television and radio customers at the old Inn told stories and tales that were passed down to the next generation of locals, one such story was that Ye Olde Inn had witnessed on May, 1679, when armed horsemen rode into the town and fixed to the cross a Declaration and Testimony of the true Presbyterian Church, an act of revolt which led to the bloody battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Brig.